Sunshine Coast community views

The top three issues facing Sunshine Coast were Inflation/Cost of Living, Housing/Price of Housing, and Population/Overpopulation

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Concerns and Ideas in Sunshine Coast

The section reports on your residents’ most pressing local area concerns, and how your residents’ views regarding their worries compare beyond, across and within your LGA. It also serves as a repository for your residents free-form ideas. Explore, download and share your residents’ ideas in this section of the tool.

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Sunshine Coast (n = 1734) Sort
April 2022 (n = 1531)
Housing/Price of Housing
52%
58%
Inflation/Cost of Living
59%
50%
Petrol Prices/Fuel
20%
39%
Population/Overpopulation
32%
32%
Transport/Public Transport/Infrastructure
27%
26%
Environmental/Pollution/Water Concerns
12%
17%
Crime/Law and Order/Violence/Anti-Social Behaviour
24%
15%
Healthcare/Hospitals
12%
10%
The Economy
13%
10%
Household Debt/Personal Debt
15%
10%
Poverty/Inequality
9%
8%
Drug/Alcohol Abuse
9%
7%
Unemployment
6%
7%
Taxation
4%
4%
Race Relations/Racism
1%
2%
Education
2%
1%
Issues Facing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders
1%
1%
Defence/Foreign Affairs/Terrorism
1%
1%
Immigration
2%
1%
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